Dominic Jones stood on his head and made 28 saves to lead M3-Santa Rosa Junior College to a 4-1 victory over M3-New Mexico University of.

Blake Johnson had two goals to lead M3-Santa Rosa Junior College to victory. Johnson found the back of the net on the power play 15:07 into the second period to make the score 2-0 M3-Santa Rosa Junior College and again while on the power play 17:26 into the second to make the score 3-0 M3-Santa Rosa Junior College.

M3-New Mexico University of's power play was ineffective against M3-Santa Rosa Junior College's penalty kill, which allowed one goal while shorthanded.

M3-Santa Rosa Junior College could not produce up to its normal offensive output. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College averages 7.6 goals per game. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College was held back by its power play unit, which tallied two goals on nine chances. Team's forwards weren't the only contributers offensively, and the team's defensemen showcased their scoring touch with two goals. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College put 57 shots on net during the contest, more than the 0.3 it averages per game.

M3-Santa Rosa Junior College additionally got points from Christopher Whitten, who also finished with one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. Josiah Nikkel also scored for M3-Santa Rosa Junior College. In addition, M3-Santa Rosa Junior College received assists from Eric Zagacki, who had two and John Keshishian, Samuel Davis, and Josh Greenwell, who contributed one each.

M3-New Mexico University of was held below its usual level of production. M3-New Mexico University of puts an average of 5.6 pucks into the net per game. The 29 shots that M3-New Mexico University of put on net surpassed M3-New Mexico University of's average of 0.4 shots per game this season. M3-New Mexico University of was forced to rely heavily on their penalty kill unit throughout the game, as it racked up 26 penalty minutes.

M3-New Mexico University of was led by Anthony Zarrella, who scored the team's only goal. Zarrella scored on the power play 6:15 into the third period to make the score 3-1 M3-Santa Rosa Junior College. M3-New Mexico University of had gotten the advantage when M3-Santa Rosa Junior College's Andrew Mason was sent off for cross checking. Bradley Harris picked up the assist.

M3-Santa Rosa Junior College incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors. M3-New Mexico University of's starting goalie, Dakota Orth, made 43 saves and finished with the loss before he was taken out in favor of Antonio Santiago, who stopped 10 shots.